Economy

June 5, 2020
Sheet Shipments and Inventories Through May
Written by Peter Wright
Census Bureau data for downstream steel product shipments lags but supports American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) data for crude steel production.
The Census Bureau provides monthly data on manufacturing inventories, shipments and new orders for total U.S. manufacturing and for individual industries, one of which is steel products. Therefore, the Census Bureau provides a useful reality check for the steel industry trade association data that is most widely used to assess the state of the industry.


